COVID-19

The situation for shellfish growers isn’t likely to get better before it gets worse, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shutter restaurants, closing off a key market.

More than 10,000 Canadians have died due to COVID-19, a grim milestone reached by a pandemic that is far from over.

Voters in the United States are shattering turnout records despite long lineups, fear of civil unrest and the dangers of COVID-19 — and a Canadian company is doing its part to protect Americans from the perils of casting a ballot.

Canada's top physician painted a bleak picture on Saturday, October 24, 2020, of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic may take on the country, expressing fears the number of pandemic-related hospitalizations and deaths could increase in the coming weeks as the second wave drives the national death toll toward 10,000.

Health officials in Toronto and Montreal struck vastly different tones on the state of COVID-19 in their cities on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, with Toronto's medical officer of health warning the Ontario capital could be following in the footsteps of hard-hit Europe.

At an undisclosed location in downtown Toronto, young queer volunteers used to answer calls from peers across the province. With its doors shuttered since COVID-19 hit, Youth Line’s chat service has gone remote, and it is now taking on helpers from outside the city.

Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada, but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery.

First Work’s virtual jobs conference next week aims to provide the tools to help marginalized youth navigate the already perilous path to finding meaningful work, a task upended by COVID-19.

Limits on travel between Canada and the United States will persist for at least four more weeks, the federal government confirmed on Monday despite signs of growing impatience south of the border.

Canada's COVID-19 caseload edged closer to the 200,000 mark on Sunday, October 18, 2020, after a weekend in which Quebec had the majority of new infections and public health officials urged Canadians to remain united in their efforts to combat the pandemic.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole praised Alberta Premier Jason Kenney for his province's handling of COVID-19 as the two sat side-by-side during a livestream on Saturday, October 17, 2020, while neither leader wore a mask.

Canada's chief public health officer urged residents to continue making a "collective effort" to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, October 17, 2020, as parts of the country braced for new rounds of restrictions meant to curb the spread of the virus.

The employment insurance system absorbed almost 1.3 million people in the last three weeks, new figures show, as a key COVID-19 benefit wound down.

A new Canadian study has found that over the first five months of 2020, government and corporate approaches to COVID-19 went from taking decisive, collective action against the pandemic to emphasizing individual responsibility.

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